HATTERAS — Barbara McDowell Foster, 69, went to be in the arms of theLord at home on Dec. 31, 2012, just before the new year. She wassurrounded by her beloved grandchildren, her family, and friends. Barbara was born May 12, 1943, in Michigan and grew up in Fort Pierce,Fla. She received a Bachelor of Science […]
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Looking back at 2012…WITH SLIDE SHOW
For another year, a hurricane was the major news event of the year. As the new year began last January, many folks in Avon and the tri-villages of Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo were still cleaning up and rebuilding after Hurricane Irene on Aug. 27 sent a historically high storm surge from the Pamlico Sound onto […]
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D.C. judge sends CHAPA lawsuit to stop ORV plan to Boyle
U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan this week sent the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance lawsuit over the National Park Service’s final rule and off-road vehicle plan to Judge Terrence Boyle of the federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Sullivan had said at the end of July that he was inclined to […]
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Oscar Dwight Gray
AVON– Oscar Dwight Gray Sr., 90, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012 at The OuterBanks Hospital. Born in Avon, he was the son of the late Clemson andEsta Meekins Gray. He was a retired Chief Machinist Mate for the U.S.Coast Guard and a member of Cape Hatteras Lodge No. 698 AF and AM inBuxton. Mr. Gray […]
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Rev. Robert A. Brown
Amemorial Mass for the Rev. Robert A. Brown will be celebrated onTuesday evening, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Seas onHighway 12 in Buxton. “Father Bob,” as most folks called him, died on Dec. 27, 2012, from complications of pneumonia. He served as pastor of Our Lady of the Seas Catholic […]
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Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry operations suspended after vessel runs aground
The North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division has announced the temporary suspension of operations at the Hatteras-Ocracoke route due to gusting winds and shallow channel conditions. The Motor Vessel Frisco ran aground in Hatteras Inlet at approximately 11:15 a.m. today, near channel marker No. 9, with 35 passenagers and 19 vehicles and six […]
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Opening up, cleaning up, closing up
Highway 12 reopened to all traffic on Wednesday evening, Dec. 19. The road was damaged in Hurricane Sandy in late October and back-to-back northeasters in November and was closed for almost two months. Several weeks into the closure, the North Carolina Department of Transportation opened a four-wheel-drive only bypass around the most serious damage […]
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Buxton’s Jim and Marcia Lyons are recognized for volunteerism
Jim and Marcia Lyons of Buxton have volunteered with the North Carolina Coastal Federation on and off for about 10 years, and their devotion to the recent living shoreline project at Durant’s Point in nearby Hatteras earned them a Pelican Award from the federation. Sarah Hallas, coastal education coordinator for the federation’s office in Manteo, […]
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Beach nourishment still being pursued for S-curves, but nothing is definite
Now that Highway 12 has reopened north of Rodanthe, transportation officials will be keeping a close eye on the sandbags that hold back a surging ocean, as plans are being made to widen the beach. The beach at the S-curves is nearly non-existent and the sandbags protecting the highway stand at the edge of the […]
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High winds close down Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry
Travelers using the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route will encounter suspensions because of extreme high winds caused by a winter storm today, tonight, and tomorrow. Winds of 40 mph, gusting to 50 mph, coupled with shallow water depth at the inlet, are making conditions such that it is unsafe to cross. Operations were suspended this morning. […]
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